The Praxis of Petition and the Economy of False Accusation

The Praxis of Petition and the Economy of False Accusation

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Chapter 10 The Praxis of Petition and the Economy of False Accusation

Source:

Trial of Modernity

Publisher:

Stanford University Press

DOI:10.11126/stanford/9780804755863.003.0011

This chapter examines petition-writing and official responses to petitions. It sheds light on how and where the judicial system created by the reform did and did not work. The chapter demonstrates the way in which petitions were handled by various state institutions, which opened up another layer of the interwoven institutional relationships and complex interactions between the judicial and administrative fields.

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